# CVE-2010-2039: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to create new admin users via CSRF in gpEasy CMS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 May 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fh4p-65g7-4cxw

## What is CVE-2010-2039?

CVE-2010-2039 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in gpEasy CMS 1.6.2, 1.6.1, and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create new administrative users via an Admin_Users action to index.php.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2039?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gpeasy Gpeasy Cms.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-2039?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-2039 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2039 exists.

Public exploit code:

- gpEasy 1.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add Admin) (exploitdb)
- CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerability in gpEasy 1.5-16.3 (github_poc): https://github.com/RajeshTiwiva/CVE-2010-2039

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-0807](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0807/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2012-6513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6513/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2010-2038](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2038/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-2039 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-2039 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2039 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2039/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2039/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2039
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2039
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-2039

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2039/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.